My dog only “lets” me pet him how he wants. If he’s on his side and I put my hand on him, he’ll either roll over for belly pets or does a big stretch for chest scratches. Or nothing if he wants me to leave him alone.

And then other times he’ll come up to me on his own and flip over. That means he wants me to play his ribcage like washboard

They got some pretty good answers in that thread…Which only adds to your belief that they’re a cop.

SMCF posted a list not too long ago but I’m not sure where it is.

Sanitation, Time2lose, oldmanalex, grumpus_maximus, mustachio_grumpus (or something), noralenderbee, liquorice. Those are the ones I remember

Sanitation and his army of bots operate through a Firefox extension so I think we’ll still get the trash posts from reddit, at least!

My charitable explaination is that he worked in the trades for a long time and is confusing an extremely local phrase (“grip with your paw”) with actual definition of the word.

One construction team I worked with a lot when I did trades called 2x4s “tooths” (two four -> twofer -> tooths) along with a bunch of other jargon. My team (AV/IT) called small screwdrivers “tweaks.” When you work with the same people long enough, you come up with your own jokes and phrases…

I recognize their name and based on other threads, I’m inclined to think they’re not a troll, just a broth brain

Take your own advice and Google “grip with your paw” and get back to me on the results

Please provide evidence to your claim that dogs have hands and humans have paws

Cite your sources

Your cat’s entire foot is a paw

The word you seem to be getting confused is “pad”

Paw pad. The pad of the paw.

You are one of the following:

1. A furry
2. A troll
3. Confidently incorrect

I’m leaning 2, can you help me out?

Paws are the entire structure. It’s not one side of an appendage.

Paws have claws. Do you have nails or claws on your feet and hands?

Animals have faces, the muzzle is the snout (nose and jaw structure)

Are you high?

If it’s any consolation, it took me an embarrassingly long time to find it after reading the comment explaining where it is in detail

I agree with this person’s suggestion but want to put another spin on it. The goal doesn’t have to be giving you a brand new voice, just use it to exercise. At the very least, the muscles will be “ready” to speak when you have to so you’ll have more confidence about it.

Do you like music? Try singing or even just humming. Play around with your mouth, throat, and posture to hear how it changes the timbre. I won’t over promise here but people have WAY more control than they realize. Say “aaahhh” and move your head forward and back, it’s crazy what a big change it makes.

I don’t think the character voices you gave are fair, though. Filthy Frank and Solid Snake both sound like they’ve smoked two packs a day since birth. Mimicking that damage is kind of damaging in itself. A similar thing happens with singers who only use falsetto - that is ROUGH on your body.

Point taken about Kristen Schaal. She does have a cute voice that works well with cartoons. But I would absolutely take her seriously in a serious role, too! She’s just really funny so she mostly does comedy

You think the problem with the term is…the first word?

I wore these as my main winter hat for the longest time but had to switch to beanies when I worked in the trades. Now I’m struggling to justify the cost since I spend a lot less time outdoors in the winter…

But man, I love these hats.

Because it’s irrelevant to the point that they’re a scummy company who takes an insane cut of the sale price?

But here you go. This is the category I’d be selling under.